Film and Video Studies

Creative solutions and original thinking drive the Film and Video Studies Program, which encourages students to work collaboratively and be open to exploring a variety of filmmaking styles. Students learn the technical skills needed to tell stories of significance, and leave as professionals, having worked on a real set at Mason or at a local production company.

120+

Film festivals in which faculty, current students and alumni presented their work in 2014-15.

1 to 20

Faculty-Student ratio in Film and Video Studies classes

1st

Multidisciplinary undergrad degree in Virginia focusing on production, film theory and history and related media.

10

Industry awards for Film and Video Studies work since 2014

200

Undergraduate Film and Video Studies majors

Top Facilities, Tools, Filmmakers as Faculty

Students have access to modern equipment.

Our students learn from award-winning, working filmmakers and scholars at the forefront of independent filmmaking and popular film criticism while working in similar spaces and with the same equipment as professional filmmakers

Step into the Black Box theater space where students can build a film set for a junior- or senior-level production.

The post-production work space has Final Cut Pro and the Adobe Creative Suite.

A wide range of cameras, sound and lighting equipment for location and studio-based productions is available. Star Lab includes a three-camera studio with lighting grid, green screen, and digital switching system, as well as equipment checkout. Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Suite and Avid are available at editing stations.

Can't find what you need on campus? The Film and Video Studies program has relationships with regional production and post-production houses, equipment rental facilities, film festivals, cable networks, casting agencies, television studios, professional media production organizations, and professional sports teams.

Learning from the Best

Students learn from award-winning, working filmmakers and scholars at the forefront of independent filmmaking and popular film criticism.

Behind the Lens

Available courses in Film and Video Studies include Producing, Fiction and Documentary Directing, Cinematography, and Advanced Video Editing.

Camera Ready

Students have access to a wide range of equipment as soon as they enter the program.

Working It Out

There's nothing like real-world experience to prepare you for the real world. Film and Video Studies students have completed internships at almost 200 sites in Virginia, D.C., Maryland, as well as New York and Los Angeles. Among sites where Mason students have worked as interns: